In 1934 Downtown DC Was a Den of Iniquity

This map shows the "Percentage Distribution of Home Addresses of Adult Offenders by Census Tracts, 1934" I copied a set of these for the pile. The juvie offenders map doesn't match the adult offenders. That big black splotch of adult offenders being over 40% is below New York and Massachusetts Avenues NW, and north of Pennsylvania Ave NW. Shaw, west of NJ Ave and MVSQ had 25-40% of the adult offenders, so not as bad as downtown.

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National Archives, the one downtown. My scribble says P3 RG302 folder Tract. So it's in the papers of the Alley Dwelling Authority. There are a handful of census tract maps for adult adn juvie offenders, structures needing major repairs, and tracts containing over 50% of the AfAm pop. That last one I'll probably put up tomorrow.

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This page contains a single entry by Mari published on February 23, 2012 8:22 AM.